My cousin was thrilled with the weather this week, while I found it cool during the overcast days and downright chilly in the evening. It’s amazing how quickly one adapts to a new climate!

While waiting for my hot dogs tonight, I chatted with one of the cooks. She complained about tonight’s cold weather and I told her that, considering there’s snow back home, I can’t complain! She says the coldest place she’s been is Lake Tahoe in winter and tonight was almost as bad! She was exaggerating. 🙂 I told her that I saw some pictures of this week’s snowfall in Los Angeles, which shocked her, and concluded that the world has gone crazy, which she found really funny.

(I didn’t know how to say complain, so I said ‘cannot say something bad about the weather.’ So my word of the day is quejarse!)

The lady who dresses my hot dogs was once again surprised by how little I want on them, never mind the odd, to her, combination. Next week, I will tell her about what are normal hot dog toppings where I’m from. I didn’t do it tonight because I didn’t know how to say sauerkraut (just like in French, but spelled differently, chucrut!) or sweet pickle relish (still working on that one, will probably just say minced sweet marinated cucumbers).

Speaking of relish, my cousin brought me some from Quebec. My hot dogs tonight were pretty dang perfect! I don’t miss the sauerkraut at all; the tomatoes give the acidity I need.

Some of the hot dogs are wrapped in bacon before grilling. This week, I graduated to the bacon wrapped ones. Woohoo! 🙂

Tomorrow is chicken. I missed last week. I ran into the chicken lady at Ley today and she actually commented on the fact!